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The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice remains the premier reference tool that presents the state of the art in the field of reckoning with the legacy of past gross human rights abuses. Almost 200 scholars and practitioners from all continents summarize country efforts to address and redress the recent past, and present key transitional justice methods, debates, institutions and concepts. Both state and non-state initiatives are concisely overviewed. Written in an accessible style but with an eye to detail and accuracy, the entries include the latest research in the field and provide suggestions for further readings. Widely consulted by academics, practitioners, government officials and civil society representatives, the Encyclopedia is unmatched in the number of countries, institutions, debates, as well as methods, programs and practices it covers.

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Lavinia Stan is professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada. She is a world recognized expert in transitional justice and post-communist transition, having published widely in these fields. She has also served as an expert for several court cases related to property restitution. Nadya Nedelsky is Professor of International Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She has published on issues of transitional justice, human and minority rights, and ethnic nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe. With Lavinia Stan, she is co-editor of Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

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